So Dave, before I start a little improv game, I just wanted the listeners to know that there

will be spoilers from the get-go on this episode. So if anyone has it read this very, very short

book, it's actually more like a short story than even a novella, but I still count it as a full

book for my year book goal. If you haven't read it but want to do it now, all right, you're probably done.

All right, Dave, the monster in this book is described as like three different hideous

animals put together. But for you, what do you think would be the least scariest combination

of three animals? Okay, the head of a wien dog, the body of a weiner dog, the tail of a weiner dog.

It's a triple weiner dog.

Oh, you said not scary.

Hey, everyone.

Before Indiana Jones and Robert Langdon, there was a guy whose name is never mentioned,

but he slowly pieces together a mysterious story linking an ancient cult, a giant sea monster,

and zero dialogue.

Today's book is The Brief but Atmospheric, The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft.

And this is the bookpile.

A podcast about the best of books and the worst of books.

So this is your first time to the podcast.

Welcome.

And maybe we suggest checking out our back catalog of nearly 200 episodes with as many books.

I'm Kellan Erskine.

I'm a comic, a father.

And here's a quick list of how I thought you were supposed to pronounce Cthuloo before I listened to the audio book. See Thule Hul,

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